Probe continues into fight, gunshot at Erwin game

Security to be beefed up at the school's next home football game

3:33 PM,
Sep. 16, 2013

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A fight and reported gunshot on the Erwin High School campus during Friday's football game involved two men who were not students who had some sort of dispute over personal belongings, investigators say.

But despite that finding, Sheriff Van Duncan said security would be increased for Erwin's next home game against Reynolds on Sept. 27, calling safety during crowded football games a top priority.

Friday's incident happened in a campus parking lot near the school's tennis courts, said Duncan, who lives nearby and was among officers responding to the scene. ...